The gender roles attitudes in occupational choice, family support and career decision self-efficacy expectations

The aim of this research is to determine how family support in high school students' career choices affect the relationships between gender role attitudes and career decision self-efficacy. It was also investigated whether students' career decision self-efficacy differed according to gender, grade level, mother, and father education levels. The study group consists of 691 students selected from various high schools in Istanbul. The Personal Information Form, The Role of Gender Attitudes in Occupational Choices Scale, The Family Support in Occupational Choices Scale, and Career Decision Self Efficacy Scale-Short Form were used in the study. The independent samples t-test and ANOVA test were used whether the career decision self-efficacy of the students differ according to their gender, the grade level, and the education levels of the parents in the analysis of data. Simple linear regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the sub-dimensions of MSTCRÖ and the KKYBÖ-KF scores. To determine how family support affects the relationship between the sub-dimensions of the MSRCRÖ and the CDSES-SF, the scores of MSADÖ were added to the regression model as a moderator variable. Results show that female high school students have higher career decision self-efficacy. Ninth-grade students have the highest career decision self-efficacy. The career decision self-efficacy of the students shows a difference according to the education levels of their mother but not their father. In addition, traditional gender role attitudes predict career decision self-efficacy negatively and egalitarian gender role attitudes positively. Family support in their career choices doesn't play a moderator role in the relationship between traditional gender role attitudes and career decision self-efficacy but moderates between egalitarian gender role attitudes and career decision self-efficacy. Results were discussed within the scope of the relevant literature and suggestions were presented to researchers, psychological counselors, and policymakers.